Rules for paying cash benefits to insured persons

The municipality of residence pays certain cash benefits on behalf of the region. This includes, among other things, a grant for glasses for children under 16, when the optician and the region do not settle the bill directly.

Grants no. 1-4 are paid to group 1 and group 2 insured persons. Grant no. 5 is only paid to group 2 insured persons. The money is paid to the insured person's Nemkonto.

A grant for costs of illness or death during a temporary stay abroad, in the Faroe Islands and in Greenland requires that there is no agreement on covering the costs. The municipality of stay pays grants to persons with a temporary stay in Denmark who, under European Community Regulation no. 1408/71 or agreements with other states, are entitled to certain public health services. The grant is also paid even if there is an agreement on the terms of the benefit, when settlement under the agreement has not taken place.

You can claim a grant once the bill has been paid. You must hand in an itemised and receipted bill to the municipality. No more than the amount of the bill can ever be paid out. The Minister for Health and Prevention issues a notice on the size of the grants.